Patents by Inventor Hisashi Kawano

Hisashi Kawano has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20180082831
    Abstract: In order to remove from a substrate having a concavo-convex pattern formed on a surface of the substrate, a solid material with which a concave portion of the concavo-convex pattern is filled and which is formed by evaporating a solvent in a sublimable substance solution containing a sublimable substance that sublimates at a temperature equal to or higher than a first temperature, and an impurity that evaporates at a temperature equal to or higher than a second temperature that is higher than the first temperature, the prevent invention provides a substrate processing apparatus and a substrate processing method which heat the substrate to a temperature equal to or higher than the second temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicant: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Koji KAGAWA, Hisashi KAWANO, Meitoku AIBARA, Yuki YOSHIDA
  • Patent number: 9922849
    Abstract: Disclosed is a substrate liquid processing apparatus. The substrate liquid processing apparatus includes a processing unit, a nozzle, a silylation liquid supply mechanism, and a blocking fluid supply mechanism. The processing unit performs a water repellency imparting processing on a substrate by supplying a silylation liquid to the substrate. The nozzle includes an ejection port configured to supply the silylation liquid to the substrate positioned in the processing unit, and a silylation liquid flow path in which the silylation liquid flows toward the ejection port. The silylation liquid supply mechanism supplies the silylation liquid to the silylation liquid flow path in the nozzle through a silylation liquid supply line. The blocking fluid supply mechanism supplies a blocking fluid that blocks the silylation liquid within the silylation liquid flow path in the nozzle from an atmosphere outside the ejection port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Ido, Naoki Shindo, Takehiko Orii, Keisuke Egashira, Yosuke Hachiya, Kotaro Ooishi, Hisashi Kawano, Shinichiro Shimomura
  • Patent number: 9870914
    Abstract: In order to remove from a substrate having a concavo-convex pattern formed on a surface of the substrate, a solid material with which a concave portion of the concavo-convex pattern is filled and which is formed by evaporating a solvent in a sublimable substance solution containing a sublimable substance that sublimates at a temperature equal to or higher than a first temperature, and an impurity that evaporates at a temperature equal to or higher than a second temperature that is higher than the first temperature, the prevent invention provides a substrate processing apparatus and a substrate processing method which heat the substrate to a temperature equal to or higher than the second temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Koji Kagawa, Hisashi Kawano, Meitoku Aibara, Yuki Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20180012781
    Abstract: A throughput in processing a substrate can be improved and a running cost thereof can be reduced. A substrate processing apparatus 1 that processes a substrate 3 with a processing liquid and dries the substrate 3 includes a substrate rotating device 22 configured to rotate the substrate 3; a processing liquid discharging unit 13 configured to discharge the processing liquid toward the substrate 3; a substitution liquid discharging unit 14 configured to discharge a substitution liquid, which is substituted with the processing liquid on the substrate 3, toward the substrate 3 while relatively moving with respect to the substrate 3; and an inert gas discharging unit 15 configured to discharge an inert gas toward a peripheral portion of the substrate 3 in an inclined direction from above the substrate 3 while moving in a direction different from a direction in which the substitution liquid discharging unit 14 is moved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Inventors: Yosuke Kawabuchi, Hisashi Kawano, Satoru Tanaka, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Kotaro Oishi, Kazuyoshi Shinohara, Yuki Yoshida
  • Patent number: 9818598
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to be able to obtain a high removing performance of particles. The substrate processing method according to the exemplary embodiment comprises a film-forming treatment solution supply step and a removing solution supply step. The film-forming treatment solution supply step comprising supplying to a substrate, a film-forming treatment solution containing an organic solvent and a fluorine-containing polymer that is soluble in the organic solvent is supplied. The removing solution supply step comprises supplying to a treatment film formed by solidification or curing of the film-forming treatment solution on the substrate, a removing solution capable of removing the treatment film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignees: Tokyo Electron Limited, JSR Corporation
    Inventors: Meitoku Aibara, Yuki Yoshida, Hisashi Kawano, Masami Yamashita, Itaru Kanno, Kenji Mochida, Motoyuki Shima
  • Patent number: 9805957
    Abstract: A throughput in processing a substrate can be improved and a running cost thereof can be reduced. A substrate processing apparatus 1 that processes a substrate 3 with a processing liquid and dries the substrate 3 includes a substrate rotating device 22 configured to rotate the substrate 3; a processing liquid discharging unit 13 configured to discharge the processing liquid toward the substrate 3; a substitution liquid discharging unit 14 configured to discharge a substitution liquid, which is substituted with the processing liquid on the substrate 3, toward the substrate 3 while relatively moving with respect to the substrate 3; and an inert gas discharging unit 15 configured to discharge an inert gas toward a peripheral portion of the substrate 3 in an inclined direction from above the substrate 3 while moving in a direction different from a direction in which the substitution liquid discharging unit 14 is moved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Yosuke Kawabuchi, Hisashi Kawano, Satoru Tanaka, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Kotaro Oishi, Kazuyoshi Shinohara, Yuki Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20170186620
    Abstract: A substrate processing method according to the present disclosure includes: a liquid processing process of supplying a processing liquid to a substrate having a surface on which a pattern having a plurality of convex portions is formed; a drying process of removing the processing liquid existing on the surface of the substrate dry the substrate, and a separating process of separating a sticking portion between adjacent ones of the convex portions after the drying process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventors: Hiroshi Marumoto, Hisashi Kawano, Hiromi Kiyose, Mitsunori Nakamori, Kazuyuki Mitsuoka
  • Publication number: 20170040154
    Abstract: In order to remove from a substrate having a concavo-convex pattern formed on a surface of the substrate, a solid material with which a concave portion of the concavo-convex pattern is filled and which is formed by evaporating a solvent in a sublimable substance solution containing a sublimable substance that sublimates at a temperature equal to or higher than a first temperature, and an impurity that evaporates at a temperature equal to or higher than a second temperature that is higher than the first temperature, the prevent invention provides a substrate processing apparatus and a substrate processing method which heat the substrate to a temperature equal to or higher than the second temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Applicant: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Koji KAGAWA, Hisashi KAWANO, Meitoku AIBARA, Yuki YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20170011907
    Abstract: Disclosed is a substrate processing method including: supplying a first solvent including a fluorine-free organic solvent, to a workpiece; supplying a second solvent including a fluorine-containing organic solvent that is not dissolved with the first solvent at a normal temperature, and is dissolved with the first solvent at a temperature higher than the normal temperature; and replacing the first solvent with the second solvent while dissolving the first solvent and the second solvent by heating the first solvent and the second solvent to a dissolution temperature or higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Mitsuoka, Hiroki Ohno, Gentaro Goshi, Hisashi Kawano
  • Patent number: 9378940
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a substrate processing apparatus including: a substrate processing chamber configured to process a substrate on which a target layer to be removed is formed on the surface of an underlying layer; a substrate holding unit provided in the substrate processing chamber and configured to hold the substrate; a mixed liquid supplying unit configured to supply a mixed liquid of sulfuric acid and hydrogen peroxide to the substrate held by the substrate holding unit in a mixing ratio of the hydrogen peroxide and a temperature that does not damage the underlying layer while removing the target layer; and an OH-group supplying unit configured to supply a fluid containing OH-group to the substrate in an amount that does not damage the underlying layer when the mixed liquid and the OH-group are mixed on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Hisashi Kawano, Norihiro Ito, Yosuke Hachiya, Jun Nogami, Kotaro Ooishi, Itaru Kanno
  • Publication number: 20160035561
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to obtain a high removing performance of particles. The substrate processing system according to the exemplary embodiment comprises a holding unit and a removing solution supply unit. The holding unit holds a substrate that has a treatment film formed thereon, wherein the treatment film comprises an organic solvent and a fluorine-containing polymer that is soluble in the organic solvent. The removing solution supply unit supplies to the treatment film formed on the substrate, a removing solution capable of removing the treatment film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Meitoku AIBARA, Yuki YOSHIDA, Hisashi KAWANO, Masami YAMASHITA, Itaru KANNO, Kenji MOCHIDA, Motoyuki SHIMA
  • Publication number: 20160035564
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to be able to obtain a high removing performance of particles. The substrate processing method according to the exemplary embodiment comprises a film-forming treatment solution supply step and a removing solution supply step. The film-forming treatment solution supply step comprising supplying to a substrate, a film-forming treatment solution containing an organic solvent and a fluorine-containing polymer that is soluble in the organic solvent is supplied. The removing solution supply step comprises supplying to a treatment film formed by solidification or curing of the film-forming treatment solution on the substrate, a removing solution capable of removing the treatment film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Meitoku AIBARA, Yuki YOSHIDA, Hisashi KAWANO, Masami YAMASHITA, Itaru KANNO, Kenji MOCHIDA, Motoyuki SHIMA
  • Publication number: 20150318183
    Abstract: Disclosed is a substrate liquid processing apparatus. The substrate liquid processing apparatus includes a processing unit, a nozzle, a silylation liquid supply mechanism, and a blocking fluid supply mechanism. The processing unit performs a water repellency imparting processing on a substrate by supplying a silylation liquid to the substrate. The nozzle includes an ejection port configured to supply the silylation liquid to the substrate positioned in the processing unit, and a silylation liquid flow path in which the silylation liquid flows toward the ejection port. The silylation liquid supply mechanism supplies the silylation liquid to the silylation liquid flow path in the nozzle through a silylation liquid supply line. The blocking fluid supply mechanism supplies a blocking fluid that blocks the silylation liquid within the silylation liquid flow path in the nozzle from an atmosphere outside the ejection port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Ido, Naoki Shindo, Takehiko Orii, Keisuke Egashira, Yosuke Hachiya, Kotaro Ooishi, Hisashi Kawano, Shinichiro Shimomura
  • Publication number: 20150031214
    Abstract: A chemical fluid processing apparatus and a chemical fluid processing method are described, to treat a substrate with a plurality of chemical fluids such that substantially constant temperature is maintained across a substrate surface. The apparatus includes a discharge nozzle above the substrate to supply a first chemical fluid at a first temperature to a front surface of the substrate, a bar nozzle oriented in a radial direction of the substrate to supply a second chemical fluid at a second temperature to the front surface or a back surface of the substrate, the second temperature being higher than the first temperature, and where the bar nozzle includes a plurality of outlets for discharging the second chemical fluid to a plurality of contacting places on the front surface or the back surface of the substrate at different distances from the center of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Derek W Bassett, Wallace P Printz, Gentaro Goshi, Hisashi Kawano, Yoshihiro Kai
  • Publication number: 20140377463
    Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid processing method which may de-electrify the surface of a hydrophobized substrate. A substrate electrified according to a liquid processing is de-electrified by supplying a hydrophobizing liquid to a surface of the substrate subjected to the liquid processing while rotating the substrate, and performing rinsing by supplying an alkaline rinsing liquid to the hydrophobized surface of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Yosuke Hachiya, Hisashi Kawano, Mitsunori Nakamori, Jun Nonaka, Shogo Mizota, Tatsuya Nagamatsu, Daisuke Saiki, Kazuhiro Teraoka, Takashi Yabuta
  • Publication number: 20140360536
    Abstract: A throughput in processing a substrate can be improved and a running cost thereof can be reduced. A substrate processing apparatus 1 that processes a substrate 3 with a processing liquid and dries the substrate 3 includes a substrate rotating device 22 configured to rotate the substrate 3; a processing liquid discharging unit 13 configured to discharge the processing liquid toward the substrate 3; a substitution liquid discharging unit 14 configured to discharge a substitution liquid, which is substituted with the processing liquid on the substrate 3, toward the substrate 3 while relatively moving with respect to the substrate 3; and an inert gas discharging unit 15 configured to discharge an inert gas toward a peripheral portion of the substrate 3 in an inclined direction from above the substrate 3 while moving in a direction different from a direction in which the substitution liquid discharging unit 14 is moved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: Yosuke Kawabuchi, Hisashi Kawano, Satoru Tanaka, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Kotaro Oishi, Kazuyoshi Shinohara, Yuki Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20130340796
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a substrate processing apparatus including: a substrate processing chamber configured to process a substrate on which a target layer to be removed is formed on the surface of an underlying layer; a substrate holding unit provided in the substrate processing chamber and configured to hold the substrate; a mixed liquid supplying unit configured to supply a mixed liquid of sulfuric acid and hydrogen peroxide to the substrate held by the substrate holding unit in a mixing ratio of the hydrogen peroxide and a temperature that does not damage the underlying layer while removing the target layer; and an OH-group supplying unit configured to supply a fluid containing OH-group to the substrate in an amount that does not damage the underlying layer when the mixed liquid and the OH-group are mixed on the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Inventors: Hisashi Kawano, Norihiro Ito, Yosuke Hachiya, Jun Nogami, Kotaro Ooishi, Itaru Kanno
  • Publication number: 20130284213
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a substrate processing method and a substrate processing apparatus. The substrate processing method includes: generating an SPM liquid of a first temperature that contains Caro's acid having a separation effect of a resist film formed on the surface of a substrate by mixing heated sulfuric acid with hydrogen peroxide; cooling the SPM liquid to a second temperature at which a reduction effect of film loss occurs; and applying the SPM liquid of the second temperature to the resist film thereby separating the resist film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Yosuke Hachiya, Norihiro Ito, Hisashi Kawano, Jun Nonaka, Jun Nogami
  • Publication number: 20120328273
    Abstract: Disclosed is a thermal processing apparatus and method that can acquire a high throughput and reduce the occupation area of the thermal processing apparatus. A wafer is heated by an LED module that irradiates infrared light corresponding to the absorption wavelength of the wafer, and therefore, the wafer can be rapidly heated. Since an LED is used as a heat source and a temperature rise of LED is small, a cooling process after the heating process can be performed in the same process area as the heating process area. As a result, an installation area of the thermal processing apparatus can be reduced. Since the time for moving between a heating process area and a cooling process area can be saved, a time required for a series of processes including the heating process and the subsequent cooling process can be shortened, thereby improving a throughput.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Inventors: Hisashi KAWANO, Ryouichi Uemura, Kousuke Yoshihara, Shigeru Kasai, Keiji Tanouchi, Makoto Muramatsu, Mitsuaki Iwashita, Masatake Yoneda, Kazuhiro Ooya
  • Patent number: 7924396
    Abstract: A coating/developing apparatus includes a process section including processing units to perform a series of processes for resist coating and development; an interface section disposed between the process section and immersion light exposure apparatus; and a drying section disposed in the interface section to dry the substrate immediately after the immersion light exposure process. The drying section includes a process container configured to accommodate the substrate, a substrate support member configured to place the substrate thereon, a temperature-adjusted gas supply mechanism configured to supply a temperature-adjusted gas into the process container, and an exhaust mechanism configured to exhaust the process container. The drying section is arranged to dry the substrate by supplying the temperature-adjusted gas into the process container with the substrate placed on the substrate support member, while exhausting the process container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Hisashi Kawano, Junichi Kitano, Hitoshi Kosugi, Koichi Hontake, Masashi Enomoto